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Samantha Stafford awarded HHI scholarshipJuly 26, 2017
Samantha Stafford has been awarded the 2017 Harness Horsemen International $4,000 Jerome L. Hauck Scholarship.
Stafford, 19, hails from Woodside, Del., and will be attending Middle Tennessee State University this fall, where she plans on pursuing a degree in Audio Production.
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Ariana G looks to join sister as Oaks winnersJuly 26, 2017
Award-winning Ariana G will take a step toward trying to follow in her older sister's hoof prints when she competes in Saturday's first of two eliminations of the Hambletonian Oaks at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
The Hambletonian Oaks, for 3-year-old female trotters, attracted 18 hors[read more]

Youaremycandygirl sweetest in NYSS splitsJuly 26, 2017
Youaremycandygirl (American Ideal) was the star of the New York Sires Stakes on Tuesday night at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
The Ron Burke-trained filly was the pocket-sitter in her $40,425 division of the Sires Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies. Driver Yannick Gingras was aggressive [read more]

Carobbean Pacetry springs 15-1 Pocono upsetJuly 26, 2017
The Western Ideal mare Vegas In Style was acquired by owner/trainer Gilbert Garcia-Herrera after a race 35 days ago--and since then she has posted three wins and two seconds in five starts, earning $30,500, after her victory in the $16,000 distaff pacing feature Tuesday night at The Downs a[read more]

Only Passing Through 6-for-6 at PlainridgeJuly 26, 2017
Nothing succeeds like success and that is what Only Passing Through has had at Plainridge Park this year since returning from Florida in May. On Tuesday he registered his sixth consecutive win in the $12,000 conditioned trotting event at The Ridge to remain perfect in 2017.
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Kelley and Obrigado aim for Spirit of Mass. TrotJuly 26, 2017
They're a wicked-awesome pair; uniquely New England. That's the only way you can describe Maine-bred Obrigado and Massachusetts raised Paul Kelley and they will both be at Plainridge Park on Friday competing in the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot.
Kelley lived in Maine but grew [read more]

DSBF 3YO finals highlight rich Harrington cardJuly 26, 2017
Harrington Raceway will host its richest program of the season on Governor's Day Thursday during the Delaware State Fair with a 7 p.m. post time.
More than $600,000 in total purses will be at stake on the 13-race program, headlined by four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fun[read more]

Mandatory payouts at MeadowlandsJuly 26, 2017
The Meadowlands Racetrack will offer horseplayers a rare opportunity this weekend with mandatory payouts in the track's two jackpot super high five wagers. The Meadowlands will pay out the jackpot in the Race 5 wager on Friday and the jackpot in the last race wager on Saturday.
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Riordan to return to US with Twister BiJuly 26, 2017
Trainer Jerry Riordan remembers working as a groom at Roosevelt Raceway in the 1980s. He was fortunate enough not only to race there in the track's heyday, but to be there when the great French trotter Ideal du Gazeau won the International Trot three consecutive years from 1981 to 1983.
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Trogdon is thrilled by Fear The Dragon's successJuly 26, 2017
When a teenage Bruce Trogdon first began attending the Adios more than four decades ago, he never imagined he would someday own a horse in the race. On Saturday, he will. But even if it never happened, the Adios would always be special to him. That's because 41 years ago, Trogdon got engaged to his [read more]

Campbell's last drive set on Legends DayJuly 26, 2017
The card for Legends Day 2017, which will take place this Sunday at Ontario's Clinton Raceway, has been drawn. John Campbell, the most decorated driver in the history of Standardbred racing, will officially retire at the end of the program, which will culminate with the $15,000 Legends Day Trot.[read more]